This "Shiretoko" name....

[Tony Manco]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 05:20, NoOp<glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 07/18/2009 08:29 PM, Jared Greenwald wrote:
>> This from Alexander Sack of the ubuntu-mozillateam...
>>
>> http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/161-FAQ-Why-is-my-firefox-3.5-still-called-Shiretoko.html
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Travis King<tking at gmx.us> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2009-07-18 at 19:37 -0700, Scott Beamer wrote:
>>>> annoys the crap out of me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just thought I'd share.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/397211
> [Shiretoko user agent string breaks compatibilty with major websites]
>
> Like I mentioned... just install from mozilla, problem solved.
>

There is a workaround for that:

Open the about:config

Search for : general.useragent.extra.firefox

Then change it from "Shiretoko/3.5.1" to "Firefox/3.5.1"

Now, every time you get an update, don't forget to update it's version
number, I usually reset the value, type in Firefox and leave the rest
of the string intact.

And now, it's compatible again with Facebook and Daily Motion :)

Cheers!